Many people attend the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei US-Israel War on Iran News

Large crowds gather in Tehran for a third day to mourn as government officials and Khamenei’s supporters seek revenge against the US and Israel.

The funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is underway in Tehran, where officials have praised the government’s courage during the US-Israel war against Iran and vowed to avenge his death.

After lying in state for two days at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Khamenei’s body began a 12-hour procession on Monday through the capital, accompanied by many mourners.

Khamenei, 86, was killed in an airstrike on February 28, the first day of the war, after ruling Iran for nearly 37 years.

Mourners gathered in Imam Hussein Square in eastern Tehran and hanged an effigy of US President Donald Trump, according to state media.

Others carried signs with pictures of US Vice President JD Vance, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the words: “There will be blood.”

Thousands of people filled the Grand Mosalla on Sunday to pay their respects to Khamenei. The rest who were shown were Khamenei’s daughter, his son-in-law, his son-in-law and his 14-month-old grandson who were killed with him.

In addition to sleeping Khamenei to rest, the Iranian authorities are using a weekly funeral service to strengthen their courage during the armistice with the US.

Iran’s parliament speaker and chief negotiator with the US, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, praised on television how “the proud and invincible nation of Islamic Iran united” paid tribute to their “martyr”.

Monday’s visit will be followed by similar events in Qom on Tuesday and in the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday, before arriving at Khamenei’s funeral in his home city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran on Thursday.

Three of Khamenei’s sons he rarely appeared in public at Sunday’s funeral, it also marked the absence of Mojtaba Khamenei, who was appointed supreme leader shortly after his father’s assassination but did not appear in public.

Officials say he was injured in the plane crash that killed his father, but the extent of his injuries is not yet known.

While Iranian officials have been eager to offer a deal, none of the remaining members of President Masoud Pezeshkian, who had a close relationship with Khamenei, appeared at the event.

The US-Israel war on Iran was halted during the US ceasefire. Both Washington and Tehran have warned that they are ready to resume military action, and retaliation has been a major theme of Ali Khamenei’s weekly event.

The head of the Iranian army, Major General Amir Hatami, promised that he would not stop seeking justice.

“Those who committed this crime should know that Iran and all of us will not stop seeking justice,” Hatami said, according to Iran’s Press TV.

“The killers (of Khamenei) must be punished,” a 38-year-old man who gave his name only as Miremadi told AFP at a prayer service on Sunday.

Khamenei has long tried to fight the West. Tehran has for years supported anti-US and anti-Israeli groups operating in the Middle East, including the Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which sent delegates to the ceremonies.